The Sun. — London, England, 1838-05-17 00:00:00

PllttT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, We are at a lost to imagine what step the Tories will take - neat to regain the lost paradise of office. Dinners at Mer chant Tailors' Hall will not - answer. Suppose they try a breakfast ! Hoek nod champagne have failed ; hurrah for bvson and seuelicnig ! Protestantism and pekee, with a cup of gunpowder for the health of the heroes of Inniscarra and Gurtroe. it is well for the Tories that their means exceed their reputatidn, or even a breakfast would be to costly a meal for them. At least they would he reduced to drink the Con stitution in l'ohea, or kindle their patriotic fires with a cup of cocoa, or their old friend Mr. Hunt's " powder." There is but one comfort in ;he present situation of the Tories : they can sink no lower than the debate upon Sir Thomas Ac land's factious motion has plunged them. He must be a great a master of the art of sinking in politics who could devise the means of degrading them further. There isnothing disgrace ful in mere discomfiture, however signal. Even after all the parade and boasting of 14st Saturday's banquet, the mere cir cumstance of theis defeat was simply calculated to cover the Tories with ridicule. To be beaten, however, in the most profligate and paltry manoeuvre ever attempted by a political party in the British Parliament is no vulgar overthrow; nor do we see how its disgrace is lessened by the circumstance that the minority consisted of nearly 300 Members. We can not understand how 300 individuals, assembled to play one of the shabbiest tricks that was ever practised in the game of party, make their case any better by vaunting their numbers. It is as if a pack of rogues and swindlers was to say, "We are no gang, we are an army. There are 300 of us; no den is large enough to hold so great a company of thieves ; we can only find space for our musters in Merchant Tailors' Flail." Sir Robert Peel's glory is, that he is the acknowledged captain of 300 men who are prepared, r.t a mo reent's notice, to cat any given amount of dirt, to go any re quired length of meanness and perfidy, to suffer neither honour nor decency to stand in their way for an instant, if by tramp ling them under their feet they think they can approach oiie inch nearer to office. Sir Robert heads a greater array of apostates, hypocrites, rash and violent bigots, and needy and desperate adventurers, than ever before filled the Opposition Benches of the House of Commons. He may well be proud of a band which truth compels us to say is emi- nently worthy of such a chieftain. There is no disputing about tastes ; but we feel that were we to gain ever so splendid a victory by such scandalous means as the Tories took upon Monday night, only to bring upon themselves the most deci sive overthrow, we should take little pride in reviewing our conquering hands. The Tories mustered almost as strong as the Spartans at Thermopylm, without displaying a sinr .. 7 , ln Spartan quality, if we except th e i r di spos i t i on to stea/a march into Downing -street. The Tories indeed have received a truly Spartan education in point of thieving ; 2 .,at they use the ac complishment in a way that the opartans would have dis dained, for it is recorded, we 'oink, of one of the Generals of • that nation (a different. leader from Sir Robert Peel), that, being solicited to - attack the enemy in the night, he rejected the p d teroposal with indignant con t empt , d ec l ar i ng that he a "steal a victory." Sir Robert is a General who bes no such scruples ; he is quite ready to steal a victory, if he can rain one in no other way. Great as he is in Tartuffe, be condescends now and then to play Autolycus, and it must be owned he makes no bad attempt at a petty larceny, although this last experi ment on t h e d oors of the Treasury has been a sad failure. —Morni ng Chronicle. The details of the two days' discussion upon the motion of Sir Thomas Acland are now before the people of England ; and to any one upright or rational being who deserves the /name of Englishman we put it, whether the charge which was brought against Ministers and their partisans in the Times of last Monday has been refuted, or in the remotest degree affected, by anything twat fell from Minister or m i n i on in the course of these voluminous debates—viz., that a maintenance on the journnis of the resolutions foralienating the subsistence of the Irish Clergy to Romish purposes was neither more nor, less than a stubborn obstruction to any satisfactory or prac-, 1 tieiable settlement of the Tithe question for Ireland ! Equi.l vocation, trickiness, and bitterness of spirit, have marked the! demeanor of Ministers throvegliout this whole proceeding. .k . Amongst other instances of the abuse of confidence, and of the !deliberate perversion to dishonest ends of intimations made • by political adversaries for the most liberal and come! riliatory object, we need only notice the manner inl which the Duke of Wellington's pacific intimation te e { Lord Melbourne towards the close of the Session (June),: 1837, was misconstrued on Monday by Lord J. Russell. The illustrious Duke at that time declared his anxiety that the Irish Church question, amongst others, should be settled, and that he would be happy to co-operate with the Queen's Minis ters in any " reasonable measures which they might introduce for its final and satisfactory adjustment." Lord John Rus sell further admitted the " great importance of that declara tion," made by the Noble Duke; but in the sequel of his speech had the extraordinary boldness to infer from it, that the Duke thereby intended to convey to Ministers a pledge that. the Conservative party would withdraw its original hostility to measures which should " embody the principle" of the ap propriation clause, or which should leave the Protestant Church still open to prospective invasion from that destructive principle by keeping the assertion of it, sub s lentio, on the journals. The Ministerial leader crowned this worthy treatment of such a statesman as the Duke of Wellington by reproach- • ing his Greco with Sir Thomas Acland's motion, as if it had been a fraud upon the ingenuous frankness of the Govern ment, and announced, in a tone of menace approaching nearer to insolence than became either the occasion or the speaker, that he would henceforth consider all professions coming from the Conservatives as " snares ! Now, the people, who take a deep interest in these subjects, and who know how to appre ciate the characters of public men, will not fail to contrast the lofty indignation expressed by Lord John Russell at even a suspicion on the part of the Conservatives that he and his col leagues could commit an act so " inconsistent with their ho nour," as would be the absudonment of the appropriation clause • in words, although t. l ;ey durst not practically reassert it in • their measures, with the ccol and easy assumption of the Noble Lord, that the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel would consent either formally or tacitly to relinquish their condemnation of that revolutionary robbery. Every thing, however extraordinary and absurd, was claimed for the " honour" cf the - Church's enemies, but no allowance was to be made for the honour or consistency of her friends. It is clear to ell men that the Duke of Wel lington never could have dreamed of describing as a "reason able- measure one which should include the " appropriation" principle, or which should leave it so much as doubtful whe ther a subsequent recurrence to that principle was not contem plated by the framers of the new measure. The motion, therefore, to rescind the offensive resolution from the journals sass in bona fide confirmation and furtherance of the Duke of Wellington's declared anxiety for a final adjustment of the Irish Church question. It was merely saying, " I find it morally impossible to get any measure of adjustment passed through Parliament while this bone of contention remains be tween us; remove it therefore (rescind the resolution), and we Conservatives are ready this moment to treat upon liberal terms." Non, let the country remember what is the appro priation-clause resolution. It is nothing—it professes to be nothing—but an abstract fetter upon the free will of Parlia ment. it says, that without a diversion of the church revenues no church settlement law can be satisfactory - to the . Pa pists ; yet, in spite of such a warning, the Ministers do bring in—they have brought in—a bill (or resolutions, which arc equivalent to it) which does not, say the Ministers themselves, embody the " appropriation principle." Lord John Russell admits this treason against the Church-robbery resolutions to be inherent in the present Bill ; Lord Morpeth goes further, and declares that the Ministers had " entirely to;thdrawn the - grievane3 ;" while, in language less florid, but more detailed and minute, and, moreover, somewhat querulous, Mr. Spring Rice reproached the Opposition with their unreasoning blind ness, in not perceiving " what must be obvious to all the world"—viz., that the present resolutions did " not" embody the appropriation principle of 1835. "He would defy any one who went through the resolutions 'to mistake," that such was their import, and complained of the prudery of that twad dling personage, Mr. Benett (one of your flourishers about in dependence when it is good for nothing, but who always votes " black is white" when Whiggery is at a pinch), for aff'ecting to say that the meaning of the resolutions was doubtful. We have it, therefore, from three Cabinet Ministers, that their present Bill is not to embody the appropriation principle of 1335, which • stands recorded, at their suggestion, oat the journals of the last Parliament, as being essential to the efficacy of any Church measure for tranquillizing the people of Ireland. Well, then, gentlemen, c.i Bono your present meas ure ? O n your own showing it i s d evo id of all. tranquillizing attribute or power. Once more, then, w' dare you to justify yourselves for the , knavery of its iaatroduction. The fraud practised by Ministers is a double one. The attempt to gull the friends of the Church ' by dro7,ping all reference to the appropriation clause out of thon• immediate resolutions!, and to gull the Papists by refusing to expunge the appropriation clause from the journals, imply ing a readiness to enforce it at scme more propitious moment ! Verily they are the basest of their kind. For Mr. Daniel O'Connell's eninibition in this instance, we have set scorn to throw away upon his mixture of cowardice with ferocity, and feebleness with rancour. If justice to the Irish Papists re quire that we should put in their hands an unmeasured power of inflicting upon our own brethren what in jury and oppression they please, then we tell Mr. Daniel O'Connell that he ar,d his priests will not succeed in wresting from tie imperial Parliament that parti cular sort of justice, : The secret of it is, that Popery never -,, rests satkies with equal lights, or without unbridled power, d tl,at It is not Protestants who have raised the question I evitich party i s th at w h ose ex i stence demands that one of ein must b e k ept d own ?" We have seen above what is not be found i n t h e pr i nciple of the Minister's resolutions. Let I " .. as glance C. - or an instant at their detailed provisions. The ex isting clergy are to have each his 1001. of tithe now payable Out of the land commuted into 701., payable out of the con tolidated fund. This, cne would think, is a pretty liberal de duction. But what happens to the successors of the living , Clergy ? They, if we rightly understand the second resolu- ; tie% are to have nothing mere than the interest acmuino from ~a sum of money equal .to 16 years' purchase o f th e said' rent tharge, or, if laid out in land, the rent arising out of so many acres ' as tire said 16 years purchase-money- will ' buy, For instance, a clergyman now entitled to one . .hundred pounds per annum of tithe, is redu ce d by the proposed law to an income, payable at the Treasury, of Vote per annum. But on his death a rent-charge equivalent to • his 70/. p er annum i s t o be bought by the State at sixteen Years' purchase—that is, for the sum of 1,320/., which if laid out in th e f un d s, would, in the present state of thinga, produce . no more than '),I- per cent., or about 46. In from a-year, lieu of 100/. tithe, o r 7 0 / . commutation; b e i ng fi rst a reduction • the tithe of 301. per cent., and from the rent-charge of above 3-1/. per cent. more, or a total diminution of the clergyman's income of 54/. per cent. from its present level. Howeve r, we confess that the mystifying manner in which the second and third resolutions are drawn up may have deceived us, and that the intent of Ministers :nay be to grant the Church 16 years' purcileee bf the existing tithe, or 1,600/. for each led per an num. In that case we shJuld have to calculate the interest of 1,600/. at el per cent. (the probable product of the foods) or 561. per annum, a; the peopeecd indemnification cf the clergy for their less or each 1001. per annum—a 'eche:tit nof 4 per cent. from their present very moderate revenue. This (should the above favourable hypothesis prove true? the Ministers pretend to be elleir meditated peevisiOn for the Pro testant Clergy, while M. Dtthlti O'Connd!, the framer of their Bill, hat deelared it to be nothing more than an instal ment or that debt of 100 per cent. which is due from them to his Popish priesthood. Now, it is tolerably certain that no thing more would be necessary for ;editing Mr. O'Connell's construction of the Bill, and utterly annihilating that affixed to it by Ministers, than that they should be squeezed a little harder, and laid, by the pressure of the Conservatives, a little more prostrate under the Agitator's hoof. Such is the depraved policy of the Ministers, who have thus renewed their mercenary attacks upon the Church, amidst loud pro fessions of regard for its stability and for the well-being of its Ministers. They can propose nothing wherein deceit and falsehood, the resources of conscious incapacity, arc not the most conspicuous features. They cannot move either hand or foot without exposing the convict's fetters with which their Irish Peach'em ha; loaded them. They have an excess of votes over the Conservatives, which some•casualties swelled to the triumphal level of 19, in a House consisting (tellers ie eluded) of 619 Members, besides nine pairs. Suppose it is the policy of the Conservatives (we know not whether it be) to push and worry them by frequent debates on some of those innumerable questions, where their folly and worthlessness have laid them so much at the mercy of an active and united power, like that now the disposal of Sir Robert:Peel—WC ask not what becomes of a reputation irretrievably lost—that little which ever existed—but of how many days' value is the tenure of that office, for which all that ought to be dear to man has been so meanly sacrificed ? Times. Greet as was the preparation for the onslaught of the Knight of Devon, greater still was the discomfiture which his followers experienced on the division of Tuesday night. The abetters of the attack on the appropriation resolution loudly vaunted that they were about to inflict " a heavy blow and groat discouragement" against her Majesty's Administration. On the previous Saturday, in preparation for the onset, they fed to repletion, and in potations pottle-deep toasted " Suc cess to Monday." On the morning of the engagement their numb: re were ostentatiously paraded, and in the confidence of victory all manner of invective and insult was cast upon the Government in anticipation of its defeat ; every possible stra tagem had been put in action ; the manner of assault was kept profoundly secret until the last moment; an entertainment to Sir Robert Peel was made the pretence of mustering the forces, it being a well-known fact that wherever there be a good enter tainment a swarm of Tory feeders never excites surprise. Vic tory was looked upon as certain, and the hungry expec tants already grasped in anticipation the prizes of office ; but, alas, the uncertainty of human calculations ! The hour of battle comes, and though upwards of 31.3 Tories were said to have been at Sir Robert Peel's dinner, and several others, more than sufficient with these to make a majority of the whole House of Commons, were announced as available in the hour of need, the Ministry, taken thus almost by surprise, had a majority of 19. If the Tory statements be correct, the re sult only shows that there arc many of the Tories who have a greater propensity to feeding than to fighting, and who would rather indulge at the festive board in a little inflated declama tion, than expose themselves to the contempt and execration of the country, by supporting principles of injustice and into lerance in the House of Commons. Had the appropriation principle been left undisturbed by its opponents, it might for some time have been allowed to remain quiescent ; but the To ries having now goaded it into activity, the people of Ireland and of Great Britain will be satisfied with nothing short of its practical application. Ministers were becoming apparently forgetful of the elements of their own strength; and the motion of Sir Thomas Acland has opportunely reminded them of the quarter whereon they may best depend for support and stability. Even had Ministers been defeated on Tuesday night, they would be stronger in the affections and confidence of the country, than with any majority the House of Com mons could afford them, if gained by a dereliction of prin ciple, or a mean and destardly conciliation of Toryism. The Tories have now done their worst against Ministers. By fair means and foul they have assailed the Government in every possible way, and only to expose their own impotence and malevolence. The greater and more violent the Tory oppo sition, the greater the strength of the Ministry. This is a fact which cannot be tco urgently impressed on the minds of the Cabinet, which is never in so much danger as when if ap pears to have conciliated the support of men inveterately and notoriously opposed to the interests of Reform, and to all ame liorations calculated to promote the extension of popular rights, or just and honest principles of governmen t—Morniny Advertiser. In the debate of Tuesday night, Mr. Ward, the Member for Sheffield, took occasion to retail the standing argument of his party, in reference to the possessions of the Established Church ! These possessions, according to Mr. Ward and a section of economists, do not exhibit the characteristics of property. These possessions cannot be sold, or alienated, or transmitted to their descendants, by Churchmen. Church property, in short, according to these authorities, is merely State property ; and Churchmen are merely salaried servants of the public, as soldiers and sailors are. With the State, it rests, to give what direction may be deemed expedient, to the funds from which these salaries are paid. Such is the economi cal argument on this question? Now, if in every other respect this argument were perfectly sound, its tendency would be to esta blish—not that Church property belongs to the State—but that Church property is not private property ;—a proposition never maintained in the affirmative by any one The property of the Church has been, in the greater part, devised for clerical uses, by its original possessors ; and when the enemies of the Churich advert to the superior sacredness of private property, they may be reminded that Church property was private pro perty, immediately before it vested in the Church ; and that, whatever degree of sacredness private property can, by pos sibility possess, must, therefore, appertain to the property of the Church ! Property, let it be borne in mind, does not lose its sacredness by being unwisely employed ; and, therefore if, for the sake of argument, it were conceded that clerical uses are unwise uses, still, it would follow, that the same principle of sacredness which entitles the owner of property to embark it in the most desperate speculations, would entitle him to devote it to the uses of the Cburch ! When attempts were mode to confound clergymen, with soldiers and sailors, as " salaried servants" of the public—the answer, obviously is, that the existing public pays soldiers, from year to year; but that the Church is maintained, in a great measure, by wealth which was not created by any portion of the contemporary generation. As to the power of State over Church property —that power is, merely, the power of a trustee. The State is bound to watch over the honest administration of the funds, which have been, for specific purposes, committed to its care ; but the right of the State to enjoy that property, is no stronger than the right of the Lord Chancellor to enjoy the property, of which, in virtue of his offico, he is guardian ! Yet Mr. Ward and his party allege that Church property belongs to the State ! —Morning Herald. - The Ministerial majority of Tuesday night in the House of Commons amounted to exactly one-half the number of place men who have seats in that House. We do not say that on this account the majority i s no t a goo d majority, as times . go with her Maj es ty' s Mi n i sters ; b ut we rea lly do think it is rather a pitiful theme for such enormous exultation as . i terialists are no t as h ame d t o m anifest on the occasion. 'I he insolence o f thi s exu lt s its ex , treme absurdity. To exhibit the real state of the case, which Ministerialists,in the joy of their escape from utter defeat, are fain to call a <<victory," we have but to examine the history of the matter which was on Tuesday night decided upon by the House. Three years ago, when the present Ministerial party was in Opposition, they carried a certain resolution of great hostility to the Established Church in Ireland, by a majority of 33 ; the ales being 322, and the noes 289. Ism -diately afterwards they got into Administration, and they tried to carry a measure through Parliament, em bodying the principle of this resolution ; but they were beaten in the Upper House. Since that time, although they have had all the influence of Government to help them— although they have had a new election of the House of Com mons, with the power of the Crown entirely at their disposal, end most unscrupulously used--they have not dared openly to bring forward this principle, upon the back of which they rode into office in 1835. In 1838 they bring forward certain reso lutions so dishonestly ambiguous that it was a matter of great doubt wheth er th ey were i nten d e d to em b o d y the principle which they insisted upon in 1835 or were cot. This dishonest ambiguity was manifestly resorted to fur the purpose of catch ing votes, and we regret to say that the stratagem was in some degree successful, for as we showed yesterday, Mr. Bennett voted with Ministers, because he considered them to have g -ren up the principle of 1833, and Mr. Ward voted with them because he considered that they had not so done. To blow u p t hi s contrivance, and to bring the question of the appropriation principle fairly before the House, the Conservatives moved that the rcsolu lution of 1835 should be rescinded. It is true they did not succeed, but it is also true that Ministers could not main tain their resolution by so large a majority as that by which they carried it when in Opposition. They have been three years exercising their power and their skill in Govern ment, and the result is, that they are not able to muster as many votes as the did when in Opposition. Tho Con servatives have been three years out of office, with no Commissionerships to distribute, no regiments to give away, no Peerages to promise, and yet they are able to mus ter more votes against the appropriation clause than they could when in office three years ago. Where, here, then, is the victory? Is it on the side of those who, with everything in their favour except the public esteem, have fallen short of their former numbe rs , or on th e s id e o f t h ose w h o , with every thing adverse to them except the public esteem, have added to their former numbers? Every one who is not, like an idiot, bereft of all discernment, or, like a madman, the slave of some pre-possession, and not the creature of reason, must perceive that whatever "victory" there is in this case it is with the Conser vatives. Another thi ng , w hi c h i t i s o f great i mportance to . consider, the nature of the respective parties which came into conflict in the di v i s i on o f T ues d ay n i ght. On this occa sion the administration had the benefit cf all the doubtful men, while the Conservatives relied upon their own undoubted strength. There were some gentlemen who voted against the resolution of 1833, and yet voted against rescindin g it i n 1838, alleging nevertheless that th e y had not changed th e i r m i n d s . By what curious process of ratiocination any man was able to persuade himself th a t t h ough a resolution was a bad one —containing a bad principle on a very i mportant matter—it was yet right and expedient to retain it among the resolutions of the House of Commons—by what subtle course of mental per suasion this conviction was wrought in any man's mind we own we are unable to understand. But so it was, and we do not envy the mind capable of being so persuaded. We envy • it not, but rather marvel. But, br sides this, consider the mate rials of this heterogenous majority, and estimate the weight that iii reason ought to bAang to it. Thde were men who pro kss fill Manner of good will to the EstaLlished Church, such Mr. Bcnett and Mr. Pusey ; and also such men as Mr. Waiburtoa and Mr. Hume ; Who certainly do no such thing. There were men who. hate sworn to do nothing tending to disttirti or weaken the Protestant Establishment, such as Mr, O'Connell and Mr. Shell , and there were men who never eisguise their wish both to disturb and to weaken it, such as Mr Gillon and Mr. Rippon. There were utilitarian Repub. lic.ins and paid servants of the Crown—thcre were Dissenters and Churchmen, fanatics and free-thinkers—speculators and anarchists of every shade and hue, all swept together into one mass of Ministerial rubbish, and this constituted the majority 1 On the other hand the powerful minority, coming within 19 of t cis agglomeration of discordant particles, was composed of a united body, acting under one leadcr,-animated by one senti ment, and that sentiment the preservation of the Established Constitution in Church and State. Let Lord John Russell make any declaration of general principles of G‘ivernment embracing all the constitution.;) questions that have been de cided in the House of Commons within the last three years, and see whether he can find three hundred Ministerial Mem_ hers of the House of Commons to support that declaration. He knows that he could do no such thing. He knows that he must trust to-day to those who will oppore him to-morrow_ that he must perform a disgraceful see-saw, or as a Minister be beaten—that he must wriggle his way through the Par liamentary Session, now inclining to this side, and now to that, or else fall helpless between two parties, neither of which can trust him, except upon certain occasions when lie trims his sails so a s t o ca t c h the favouring g a l e from one side or the other. Lord John Russell knows that that is his ignominious position, though the ignomy of that or of anything else he is incapable of feeling. He feels only t hat by his wriggling accommodation of himself to eireums'an cc; he is Minister, and can nominate to places and receiv e a salary. But how different is the case of the leader of the Opposition. He courts no support on one day from those whom he knows to be against him on another. He does not rely upon the sweepings of the House of Commons—here a knot of Papists, and there of Socinians—in this place a group of Republicans, and in that a band of those who cat of the Queen's salt, and call themselves her dutiful servants. No; the Opposition is a united, intelligible, honourable Opposi tion ; the Ministerial party is a heap of incongruous disrepu table materials—a crowd of people who work together upon no common principle, aril with -no common end, and who do not trust one another, even when they vote together.—Morn ing Post. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, MAY 16. BARNETT AND ARMPIELD b. LEDSAM AND OTHERS. Mr. PEMBERTON with whom was Mr. J. H. PALMER, applied exparte on behalf of the plaintiff; Mr. Richard Armfleld, who is a large wholesale button manufacturer, carrying on business in King-street, Cheapside, for a special injunction to restrain the defendants, who are button manufacturers at Birmingham, from infringing on a patent granted to the plaintiffs for the manufacture of buttons, which protected the thread from friction by means of the formation of the shank. From the affidavit of Mr. Francis George, it appeared that the plaintiff's, together with Mr. Barnett, obtained the patent in question in April last, and that upon an understanding between Mr. Barnett and the plaintiff, the patent was taken out in the name of the firmer alone. Early in the present month the plaintiff discovered that the defendants were offering for sale buttons of a similar description to the plaintiff's patent article, with the exception of placing at the back of the buttons the words Ne plus ultra, instead of Arrntleld and Barnett's Patent. The MASTER of the ROLLS, after looking at the patent article and the spurious one, said there could be no doubt that the one was intended as an imitation of the other. He should therefore grant the injunction. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, MAY 16. BROWN AND OTHERS V. BLAKISTON. This was an action for a bill of exchange and two promissory notes. The defence was that these bills and notes had been accepted by the de fendant for one Dean, and that the plaintiffs had received payment for the same. The plaintiffs had acted as bankers for Dean, and after the bills and notes in question had become due, they had made an entry in their books, stating that they had given credit to Dean upon security, by way of mortgage, for the sum of 1,5001, This sum was more than sufficient to cover the amount due in respect of these bills. Dean was examined as as a witness, and stated that he had never specifically made payment of these bills and notes, nor asked to have them delivered up. It was contended on the part of the plaintiffs that they were not bound to appropriate any balance in their hands, however created, to the pay. ment of overdue bills, unless expressly required to do so; but might still proceed to recover the amount of such bills against the parties whose names appeared upon them. The Jury found that the credit given after the acceptances became due was in fact a payment of them, though not specifically made on ac_ Gaunt of them. A verdict was taken for the plaintiff, subject to a mo tion upon the effect of a payment thus made. EXCHEQUER COURT, Mir 16. CHANTER r. HOPKINS. Mr. ERLE said that this was an action brought by Mr. Chanter, the proprietor of Chanter's patent smoke.consuming furnace, to recover from the defendant, a brewer at St. Ive's, the sum of '2.2.1. and a fraction, for an article supplied to him. Mr. Hopkins, being desirous of possess ing one of the smoke-consuming furnaces, had written to the plaintiff, desiring him to send one of them to him at St. Ive's, 151. 151. to be paid for the patent right, not more than 51. ss. for the iron work, and some specified sum for each day occupied in putting up and superintending it. One of these machines had been accordingly sent, and the de.. fendant would of course be bound to pay for it. He would, however, probably say that it was of no value to him ; but whether that defence could be set up his Lordship would direct. The articles supplied was not an entire furnace, but an apparatus to be affixed to the original furnace, by which the smoke was forced to pass through the fire, and so was consumed. The Jury f.und for the plaintiff for 211. 9s. Cd., and that the invention was perfectly useless to the defendant. CRIMINAL COURT. NEW COURT. Ann Smith, aged 21, and Ann Harrison, her mother, aged 60, were indicted, the fusilier for stealing a sheet and a great quantity of other linen articles, the property of William Murray, Esq., her master, and the latter for feloniously receiving a part of the said property, well knowing it to have been stolen. The Jury found them both Guilty. The Learned Prosecutor informed the Court that he had lost property to the amount of 1001. His cellar had been opened by false keys, and he had lost five dozen bottles of brandy and a quantity of wine. Sarah Kevin, aged 26, was indicted for stealing a quantity of Irish linen and a variety of other articles, value 14/. and upwards, the pro. perty of James Williams, her master; and Bohol Armstrong, aged 24, was charged with receiving the same, knowing it to have been stolen. The prosecutor is a draper, living at No. 10, Newington-causeway, and the female bad been his servant two years and a half. Some time back a burglary was committed on his premises, since which he had employed and paid the male prisoner to shut up his shop and sleep on the premises to guard them. He was the sweetheart of the female, and was highly recommended to him. Had seen some property produced by an ' officer, which he knew to be his from the private marks. . P. Froad, No. 6 division, stated that when conveying the female to Union Hall, she told him that she took the articles, and gave them to Armstrong to take care of, who, she said, was as innocent as a child un. born. She said she told him she had purchased the articles. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners. The RECORDEZ said the case was a very serious one, and the female, like many of her sex who had formed an attachment, had probably pre. f•rred sacrificing herself by a confession, in order to screen the object of her affections. EADEZZLEMENT.—CharIes Confield was indicted for that, he being ser vant to John Brown Bell and another, received the sum of 3/. ISs. on their account, and that he did afterwards secret, embezzle, and steal the same.—Acquitted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A young man named John Kidd, apparently about nineteen years of age, was brought up for final examination, charged with having forged a check upon his employers, Messrs. Bolitho, of Fenchurch-streot, tin and lead plate merchants, for the sum of 386/. 7s. 6d., and with having stolen 151. out of the desk of ono of the other clerks of the establishment. The unfortunate boy acknowledged that_ he had committed both offences, and stated upon being apprehended that he bad made a present of a fashionable gold watch and chain to a celebrated actress, and that he had made the purchase out of the proceeds of the money which lie had obtained by the forgery. Mr. Ilobler, jun., for the prosecution, stated that his clerk had called upon the lady whose name was mentioned by the prisoner and informed her of the circumstances, and that she immediately and without hesita tion gave up the watch and chain, stating that she was not at all acquainted with the giver, but had received from him letters couched in such language as females so publicly situated frequently were troubled with. She added that she kept the articles at the theatre and directed her attendants to scud them to the doer as soon as he should again pre. sent himself, but that he had not been seen at the theatre since. The Loaf) MaYoa—l must commit you fur trial for the forgery and robbery. You have destroyed yourself for ever. The prisoner shed tears, lie was then committed for trial. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1838 HATTON-GARDEN, Yesterday a gaudily-attired spruce-looking female, with the romantic name of Miss Priscilla Sewell, of Eaton-street, Wilmington -square, was brought up on a warrant, charged by 31i" Fanny H owship, a maker of ladies' dresses, with having assaulted her by tearing her cap , &e. The complainant, being sworn, with an affected air of dignity stated that, on Monday last, she was ssalking arm-in -arm with a youry , gen tleman in Gray's Inn-road, when the defendant c ame up to her t in a violent rage, and asked her how dare she walk in company with her brother, who, she said, was a married man. She asked her what busi ness it was of hers, on which she exclaimed, " You vile hussey," and seizing on witness's bonnet and cap, she laid hold other cap, and, tearing it to pieces, said, " There, there , tha t i s my business," and witness was so alarmed that she ran away to prevent further ill usage. Mr. BENi ezr r—Were you aware that it was h er b rother ?—Witness —Dear me, no, Sir; he was paying his addresses to me, and represented to defence,c hildr en, and he left whimperingly himself as a single man. Mr. BENNET—Then you was n ot aware tha t he was marri e d ?—Wit ness—l know that he ought to be , for he promised me m arr i age. said P t her rcs c ii ia brother Sewe wasll call ed them starving to keep company w it h t h e com p l ainant, and sh e cer t a i n ly did tear her cap in a moment of irr ita t ion. being a m upon an, forwith her two Mr. BENNET—But you were not Justified in doing so. Defendant—But, your worship, she had the audacity to tell some friends of mine that I invited her to my room; that I kissed her, and told her that my brother should be married to her, and how could I have done such a thing when I knew that my brother had a wife and two twins—(Laughter)—and I would tear her cap again if I could get at her. Mr. BeNsET-4 shall order you to find bail; but if you find one house keeper I shall be satisfied. Complainant—l will not be satisfied.—(A laugh.) IRISH WlT.—Another very laughable incident oc curred in one of the recent smaller scenes. An Irish Member, whose name I will not mention, having risen, he was assailed by l ou d cries of " Spoke: spoke:" meaning, that having spoken once already, he had no right to do it a second time. He had evidently a second speech struggling in his breast for an introduction into the world, wh en see ing, after remaining for some time on his legs, that there was not the slightest chance of being suffered to deliver a sentence of it, he ob served, with imperturbable gravity, and in a rich Tipperary brogue— " If honourable gintlemin suppose that I was going to spoke again they are quite mistaken. I merely rose for the purpose of saying that I had nothing more to say on the subject." The House was convulsed with laughter, for a few seconds afterwards, at the exceedingly ready wit of the Hibernian M.P,—Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons —New Series. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) (From our Second Edition of last night.) BEDFORD. When the Committee rose, at four o'clock, the sitting Member was in a minority of one. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mar 16. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. On the motion of Mr. It. STEUART, it was ordered that the House at its rising adjourn until Friday. Mr. FAZAKERLY brought up a report from the Poor_law Committee. On the motion of Mr. CRAWFORD the Middlesex County Court Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. On the motion of Mr. G. BERKELEY the Dean Forest Roads Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. PEND A RVES brought up the report on the Newquay (Corn wall) Harbour Bill. Mr. HAWES presented a petition praying for leave to bring in a Bill for forming a Company for ;the Galvanization of Meta's. Referred to the Committee on Private Petitions. Mr. HOI)GES presented several petitions from parishes in Southamp. ton, in favour of the New Pour Law Bill, and praying that no material alteration be made in it; also one from Rochester, praying that no clause be inserted in the Copyright Bill which might tend to fetter the diffusion of useful knowledge. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition from Birmingham, praying for the immediate abolition of Slavery. Mr. WALLACE presented a petition to the same effect. Also peti tions from places in Ayr and Perth, praying for a reduction of the rates of postage. The Hon. Hon. Member then presented petitions from the pressmen of Leicester-square, Old Bailey, and Frith•etreet, Soho, against the Copyright Bill. The Hon. Member stated, that as the rules of the House curtailed the observations of Members on the presentation of pe titions, the petitioners had curtailed the size of the paper on which the petition Nis written, in order to skew the absurdity of the manner in which the petitions of the people were treated in that House.—(A laugh.) Mr. ROUND presented a petition from the Guardians and other parish officers of the parish of Yelverton, complaining of the operatic n of the Poor Law Act. Mr. BARNARD presented a petition from the inhabitants of St. Paul, Deptford, complaining that neither the victualling-offices nor the dock. yards at Deptford paid poor -rates or land-tax. Sir C. E. GREY presented petitions from Tynemouth, praying that the system of negro apprenticeship might terminate on the Ist of August next. Also a petition against the establishment of the British Pledge Company. Sir G. STRICILAND presented petitions from places in Yorkshire, against the negro apprenticeship system.. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the parish of Blackrock, Kil kenny, praying for the entire abolition of tithes. If any more scenes like—(Cries of " Order, order.") Mr. LITTON considered it the rule of the House, that no Hon. Member had a right to make comments upon a petition which were likely to lead to a debate. He would like to hear the opinion of the Speaker on the subject. The SPEAKER said there was no rule on the subject ; but the House had generally acknowledged that it was for the convenience of all that the substance of the petition should be stated.—(Hear.) Mr. lIUME--Then the petitioners complain that the Church in Ire. land was the bane of that country—an opinion to which he had given ut terance more than twenty years ago, and in which he still cordially con curred. Mr. HAWES gave notice that, when the report of the Benefices Pluralities Bill should be brought up, he should move the insertion of a clause for the total abolition of all pluralities in future. Mr. W. WYNN gave notice that on the 31st of May he would move an Address to her Majesty, praying that some ecclesiastical promotion be given to the late three Chaplains'of that House who had not been pro vided for according to the established rules. Mr. P. THOMPSON hoped the Hon. Member for Dudley would with draw the Bill he had on the Orders for committal with respect to the protection of British manufactures. He (Mr. P. Thomson) had paid great attention to it, and had prepared clauses which would meet the concurrence of that Hon. Member and those who were interested in the Bill. Mr. HAWES, on the pledge of that Right Hon. Gentleman that he would himself introduce the substituted Bill with the clauses alluded to, withdrew the Bill. In answer to a question from an Hon. MEMBER, Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Malta Commissioners had concluded their labours, and were on their way home. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Glass Duties Bill went through Committee pro forma, in order to be re-printed. SMALL DEBTS (SCOTLAND) BILL.) On the Order of the Day being moved for the Committee on the Small Debts (Scotland) Bill, Mr. WALLACE begged to ask the following questions : I. I wish to ask the Secretary for the Home Department, and also the Lord Advocate, if they have received any Report from the Officer of the Crown appointed to inquire into the conduct of the Sheriffs of 'ten frevi - shi re. 2. If the Report had been communicated to the Vice-Lieutenant, or to the other Justices of Peace of Renfrewshirc, when assembled at Quarter Sessions in that county on the 10th current. 3. If they have seen the official Reports published in the county of Renfrew and Glasgow Newspapers, of the proceedings of the Jus. tires of Itenfrewshice, assembled at Quarter Sessions, respecting the in vestigation into the conduct of the Sheriffs by the officer appointed by the Crown. The LORD ADVOCATE said no report had been received as yet, owing to some unavoidable delay. Consequently the meeting of Jus,. tices of Peace, alluded to by his Hon. Friend the Member for Greenock, must have been held while in ignorance of the report. Mr. 'WALLACE then moved that the return ordered on the 3d of April, to amend a defective or false Return made to this House by the Sheriffs of Renfrewshire, be made forthwith. .__. _ • The House then went into Committee on the Small Debts (Scot land) Bill. Clause 1, with some amendments, was agreed to. On clause 2 being moved, which raises the jurisdiction of the justices of the peace to debts of the amount of 61. Gs. Bd., . , . The LORD ADVOCATE objected to so high an amount, lie moved as an amendment that 51. be the limit of their jurisdiction. Sir W. RAE supported the clause. Mr. Fox. Maule, Mr. Wallace, and Mr. Gillon, concurred in the amendment. The Committee then divided— For the clause Against it 4O Majority The clause, as amended, was then agreed to. On the thirst clause having been put, . , Mr. IN ALLACE objected to it, and moved that it should be taken into consideration that day six months. The Committee divided, when there appeared—. For the original motion Against it 2-1 Majority The Clause, as amended, was then agreed to, as were the succeeding Clauses, down to the 1 7th, after some verbal alterations had been math) in them. On the 18th Clause being put, Mr. WALLACE objected to it, on the ground that it would place too extensive powers in the hands of the Magistrates. Mr. CHALMERS said that he concurred with his Hon. Friend, and, therefore, he should move the omission of the Clause. The Committee divided, when there appeared— For the Clause 55 Against it . 10 Majority The clause was then, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill. The other clauses were then :greed to, and the Bill and amendments were reported to the House, and ordered to be taken into further con sideration this day week. The Order of the Day for the second reading of the County Rates Bill having been read, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL suggested to the Hon. Me nber for Kilkenny the propriety of postponing the Bill to a future day. Mr. HUME acquiesced, and had no objection to postpone the second reading of the Bill for three weeks. The other Orders of the Dap were then disposed cf, and the House adjourned at Seven o'Clock to Friday. NEW YORK. APRIL 20, 1834.—1 expected before this to have been able to have informed you of the reestablishment of peace in the Canadas, but I have been sorely disappointed. The reign of oppression continues in Lower Canada and in Upper Canada. The new Lieutenant-Governor has commenced his administration by shedding blood—by executions and quarterings—contrary to all that we were led to expect from the declare lions of both parties, Whigs and Tories, Ministers and Oppositionists, in the British Parliament. For the particulars of this horrid butchery I must refer you to the papers which I send. You have already heard, I presume, that Mr. Lount and Captain Matthews were arrested, and put upon their trial for high treason, at Toronto. Thedebates in Parliament, and the general tone of the London Press, in. &iced us to believe and to hope that a merciful policy would be pursued towards them and others. Indeed, if Ido not mistake, Ministers them_ selves declared that they had forwarded instructions to Canada to pre. vent the shedding of blood. It turns nut now that they have, as usual, deceived you and the people of Canada. On Sir George Arthur's ar. rival at Toronto, addresses were presented to him from divers public bodies and private persons. In reply to one presented to him by the Mayor and Corporation of Toronto, he held forth at length upon the blessed qualities of mercy, quoting an extract from Shakspeare. Every person was led to believe that a merciful and forgiving policy would be followed. Lount and Matthews had been ordered for execution upon the 12th, and this answer led people to imagine that they would be re. prieved. Much anxiety was felt at their threatened fate. Petitions, with several thousand names, were presented on their behalf. To the great disappointment, horror, and indignation of the Province, they were executed upon the 12th, and their bodies given over for muti. lation, notwithstanding the tears and entreaties of their wives and families. Several others are ordered for execution today, and others for the 24th. You cannot conceive the shock this bloodshed has given to the public feeling here. Every person speaks with horror of it ; and the Government is regarded as barbarous which could have permitted it, now that the danger is at an end. It will seriously damage the influence of England in the Canadas, and hasten that separation which must eventually happen. How wi❑ sour Ministers in Parliament look, or reply, when they are questioned about these cruelties? By a refe. rence to the debates it will appear that they disclaimed all idea of, or wish for, bloodshed. Contrary to their declarations, they have since authorised Sir Geo. Arthur to commit the severities they disclaimed, for offences which Sir Francis Head boasts in his dispatches that he encouraged and held out every inducement for their commission. It was impossible that Sir George Arthur could have gone this length unless he was authorized by Lord Glenelg. The men who have been sa crificed were of unexceptionable private character. Lount was a native of Pensylvania, to which state his father emigrated with the celebrated Dr. Joseph Priestley. His brother is registrar of the county of Simcoe, for which county he was formerly returning officer. Lount had a large farm and a numerous family of sons and daughters. Ile was about forty years of age, and I believe, of the Methodist persua sion. Captain Matthews was an American of about forty years of age. He has been tong established in Pickering, county of York, where he had a large farm. I mentioned in my last letter that some of the New York papers are forbidden to be circulated in Canada. This was a high-handed measure, sufficient to excite surprise. The extinction of the Liberal press within the province had left the Tories no materials at home upon which to foment their rancour, and they have therefore waged war against the liberal papers of New York. But, Sir, this is not all; they have not stopped here. They have commenced war upon the press Of London They have begun by ostracising the London and IVestminster Review. In the January Number of that work appeared an article, entitled " Lord Durham and the Canadians." Some Canadian Gentlemen at Montreal having read the article thought that ii, circulation might do good, and pave the way for a favourable reception of Lord Durham. It was, therefore, determined to re.print it as a pamphlet, and Dr. Francis Antoine Larocque, of Montreal, accordingly, ordered the work to be done at the office of Mr. Louis Perault, proprietor of the late Montreal Vindicator a paper which cuts no small figure in the dispatches of Lord Gosford, and which he sup pressed before he left the province. The work was accordingly executed, and delivered to' 111 r. Larocque. The Montreal magistrates, however, and Sir John Colborne, thought the article to be too liberal, and they have positively seized the types and the presses of the Vindicator office, where the work was executed, and they have thrown Mr. Larocque into gaol, where he now remain,. i forward to you a copy of the pamphlet, in order that you may satisfy yourself that it contains no new matter. Who the author of it is, Ido not know. Whoever he may be, this ag gression will enable him to form a cost ect idea of the state of po!itical liberty, and the freedom of the press, in Lower Canada. He could hare little imagined that the Government would have wreaked their vengeance on Ur." Canadians for reprinting it. Mr. Spring Rice and others stated, in the House of Commons, that not two in an hundred of the Canadians were able to read. If this be true, can you explain why the oppressors of Lower Canada have ex cluded the L'Estafelle of New York, a French paper, from the pro vince—or why they forbid the circulation of articles from the London and Westminster Review? Dr. Rolph is in this city. A true bill for high treason has been found against him at Toronto. Sutherland has been found guilty by a cottrt r martial, and is to be transported to Botany Bay. THE CORONATION. Yesterday a deputation of the tradesmen of the west-end of the town Consisting of Messrs. Dinneford, Webb, Town, Sparks, Barrier, Law. rence, Hay, Gould, Clark, Brown, Fisher, Rarwise, Parker, East, and Miller, had an interview with Lord Melbourne, at his apartments in the Treasury, for the purpose of impressing upon his Lordship the great loss they would sustain by an early Coronation, and the eonsequen . propri2ty of its postponement until August. His Lordship received the deputation w;th great affobilit y and courtesy. Mr. DINNEFORD said the deputation had waited upon his Lordship, not from motives of factious opposition, but for the purpose of ex pressing the general feeling of the people on the subject of the Corona tion. Last season the business of the metropolis was prematurely put an end to by the lamented death of his late Majesty, and the tradesmen had been -looking forward most anxiously to the present season ; but unless the Coronation was postponed the season would be again curtailed, and the consequences to tradesmen be most serious. An opinion had gone abroad that the august ceremony was to be much curtailed. If, however, a walking proces. sion was adopted instead of that already proposed it would occasion thousands of pounds to be put in circulation. It would give employ ment to mechanics and artisans, now in a state a destitution and star vation. The short notice given was also a circumstance of great in convenience, as it prevented tradesmen from executing the orders which were given them. The matter was one also in which our national importance was immediately concerned. A Noble Duke had informed him that unless the present arrangements were materially altered, he should quit London in a few days before Vie ceremony took place, and several of his Noble Friends intended to adopt the same course. Lord MatmounNr —Have you any petitions on the subject ? Mr. Gonou said he held in his hand a petition which had been signed by several thousand persons within the last last few days, and many snore signatures would be attached. Mr. DINNEFORD, in continuation, hoped the interests of so large a body as the tradesmen of the metropolis would be taken into the serious consideration of the Government. Lord MELBOURNE--We have made up our minds on the subject, therefore you must get the House of Lords and the llouse of Commons to make the alteration. Mr. GottLn said he had been informed on very good authority that 5/. advance upon each suit of clothes for the Yeomen of the Guards had been agreed to be given in consequence of the shortness of the time al. lowed for their completion. He had also been given to utulerstand that the banners and clothing for three regiments of the Household Cavalry could not be completed by the 2Sth of June. But one con tractor would undertake to get them ready by that time, and he would be compelled to have the greater part of the enter executed in France. He had himself waited upon a nobleman a few days ago, who had informed him that if the Coronation was upon the present plan it was the in tention of himself and several of the nobility (on whom the tradesmen looked principally for support) to leave for the country a few days pre vious to the ceremony taking place. Lord MELBOURNE observed that the Coronation would only affect a locality. Mr. CLARKE replied, that in the opinion of the tradesmen generally the Coronation was not a local question, as it was well known that the families who came up to town would expend a large sum in their own neighbourhoods in the provinces, solely to appear in a style suitable to such an occasion. Mr. GOULD said he had received communications from various parte of the country where petitions were in the course of signature, and were shortly expected in town, praying for a postponement. Mr. LAwRENce begged to impress on the mind of his Lordship the necessity of a further postponement, as the demise of the Crown last year, in the height of the season, was the means of leaving on hand, in the different warehouses of the City and elsewhere, a large quantity of manufactured goods, which had not been sold this year without a ruin. ous sacrifice. Mr. Bnmw►ay hoped, at all events, that if the Coronation was not postponed, a walking procession and increased splendour would be dopted. Lord MaLnounNE (shaking his head)—That is, you are asking us to spend an extra 80,0001. or 100,0001. of the public money. Mr. DINNEFORD—We will raise the money by public subscription. I will undertake to raise it in one day in the parish alone in which I reside, St. George's, Hanover-square. At all events, my Lord, let the Coronation be solemnized with such splendour as becomes our national importance, and any sum that may be expended above what has been fixed upon we will be answerable for. After some further remarks from Mr. BanwisE and Mr. CLARKII, Lord MEtnouttrin (who listened with politeness and great good hu mour to the observations of the deputation) said that the Government had :nade up their minds as to th• manner in which the Coronation was to be conducted, and that they had not done so without mature deliberation; and he was sure that the deputation, as men of sense, must see the inconvenience of altering the intended plan, without stronger reasons than those which had been offered. If Parliament should be induced to interfere, then of course he (Lord Melbourne) and his colleagues would be bound to view the matter differently. The deputation then withdrew. A second deputation from the City of London on the same subject, headed by Mr. Alderman Copeland, was then introduced to Lord Mel bourne, when, after a very short consultation, his Lordship reiterated the same sentiments he had a few minutes before addressed to the former deputation, and the deputation immediately retired. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals, May 16.—The Earl Grey, Talbert, from the Mauritius, off' Hastings—sailed Jan. 25, Cape, Feb. 21 ; Atlas, Hunt, from the Mauritius, off Portsmouth—sailed Feb. 10, St. Helena, March 14, and Ascension, March 20; Penyard Park, Middleton, from the Mauritius, off Torbay—sailed Jan. 27, St. Helena, March 2; Wellington, Liddell, from Madras, off Portland—sailed Jan. 17, Cape, March 10, St. Helena, March 21, and Ascension, March 26 ; Windsor, Henning, from Bengal, off St. Alder's Head—sailed Jan. 17, Cape, March 11, St. Helena, March 22; Gilmore, Lindsay, from Bombay, off Plymouth—sailed Jan. 14, Cape, March 5, St. Helena, March 16; Children, Browne, from Van Diemen's Land, off Penzance—sailed from Launceston, Jan. 14; Urania, Noakes, from Bombay, off Liverpool—sailed Jan. 5, St. Helena, March 14 ; the True Briton, Beach, from Madras, off Portland — sailed Jan. 24 Arrivals at St. Helena.—The Jane Brown, Dunlop, March 15, from China, and sailed same day for Dublin; Grand Turk, Easterbrook, March 15, from China, and sailed same day for New York; Ontario, Green, March 15, from whaling, for Sug Harbour ; Tampico, Holmes, March 15, from Skeiming, and sailed same day for Groton ; Zeeman's Hoop, Kuyper, March 15, from Java, and sailed 16th for Amsterdam; Koopha odd, Heur, March 16, from Java, and sailed the 17th for Rotterdam; Gilmore, Lindsay, March 16, from Bombay and the Cape, and sailed same (lay for London; Rajahsthan, Ritchie, March 17, from China, and sailed same day for London; London, Brace, March 17, from China, and sailed the 18th for New York; the American whaler Lucas, passed the island on the 17th; Seraph, Shearman, March 18, Monmouth, Smith, and Mary, Pease, March 19, from whaling, bound to America; Stadt Scheidam, De Baet, March 19, from Java, and sailed the 20th for Rotterdam; Rcsolutie, Schuyder, March 19, from Java, and sailed the 20th for Amsterdam; Skerswcll, Haswell, March 20, from the Mauritius and Cape, and sailed the same day for London or Cork ; Lon don, Nimble, March 20, from Calcutta, and sailed March 22 for Lon don; Elphinstone, Tremlin, March 20, from Hobart Town, and sailed March 21 for London ; France, Howell, March 20, from whaling, for Sug Harbour; Anna Louisa, De Jong, March 20, from Java, and sailed March 21 for Amsterdam; Cadmus, Babcock, March 22, from whaling, bound to Sug Harbour. ! Departures from St. Helena—The Clara Henrietta, March 15, for Amsterdam; George the Fourth, .Drayner, and the Ann, Griffiths, for London ; Zoe, Holmes, for Liverpool ; George Porter, Marcus, and Louisa, March 16, for America; Alexander, Mansfield, to whaling. Arrivals in Table Bay—(Cape of Good Hope)—The Knysna, lay, Feb. 23, from Simon's Bay ; Hero, Oppenheim, Feb. 27, from St. Ilelena ; Gilmore, Linslscy, Feb. 28, from Bombay ; Eliza Stewart, Feb. 28, from Algoa Bay ; Royal George, Richards, Feb. 28, from Calcutta and Madras ; Arab. Sparke3, March 3, from the Mau ritius ; Kerswell, Haswell, March 3, from ditto ; Isabella, Robertson, March 5, from Canton ; Telex, Falconer, March 6, from London ; Orontes, Short, Merch 3, from London ; Jane, March 10, from Leith and Longhope ; Thomas Laurie, Price, March 10, from London, for Hobart Town ; Parrock Hall, March 10, from Rio Janeiro. Departures from Table Bay.—The Warwick, Little, Feb. 24, for Lon don ; Hon. Company's steamer Semiramis, Boucks, Feb. 27, for the Mauritius and Bombay; the Charles Dumesque, Wilson, Feb. 27, for Algoa Bay; Boyne, Richardson, March 1, for London; the Duchess of Northumberland, March 3, for Sydney; the Kerswell, Haswell, March 3, for Cork ; the Royal George, Richards, March 7, for London. Arrivals in Simon's Bay (Cape of Good Hope).—Her Majesty's ship Triton, Edcling, Feb. 21, from Plymouth, and sailed March 4, for Ba tavia ; her Majesty's ship Melville, Dundas, with the flag of Rear-Ad. miral Elliott, March 7, from Plymouth and Teneriffe. Departures from Si non's Bay.—Her Majesty's ship Hyacinth, War ren, March 2, for India; the Proserpine, March 3, for Holland ; her Majesty's ship Thalia was to sail March 14, for England. Arrives in Algoa Bay (Cape of Good Hope).—The Apprentice, Ca denblad, Feb. 23, from the Mauritius; the Tune, Pybus, March 27, from the Mauritius; the Conch, Bell, March 28, from Table Bay. VESSELS SPOKEN \VIM The Sirius steamer, from Cork, on the 22d ult., about six hours' sail from New York ; and the Great Western steamer, from Bristol to New York, on the same day, in lat. 40. long. 671., by the Westminster, Moore, arrived off Plymouth —The Margaret from Barbadocs to Dub.. lin, on the 30th ult., in lat. 42, long. 28.-411 e Driad, from Lima to London, on the Gth inst., by the Alice, Anwyl, arrived off Liverpool.— Her Majesty's Ship Hastings, from Portsmouth to Quebec, on the2d inst., in lat. 43, long. 24, by the Cigar, Smith, arrived off Cork.—The Anne, of London, on tile 22d ult., in lat. 40, long. 37 ; Elizabeth, of Newcastle, on the 25th, in lat. 45, long. 32 ; and Dankbarheid, from Canton for Dordrecht, on the 9th inst., in tat. 42, long. 9, by the Colombia, Prolit, arrived off the Wight.—The Courier, of Liverpool, March 24th, in lat. 4. N., long. 23. W. ; and Amphitrite, of Poole, on the 25th ult., in let. 44, long. 30, by the Penyard Park, arrived off Torbay. —The Liver pool, Doane, from New Orleans to Liverpool, on the 4th ult , in lat. 28, long. 78 ; Kent, from New Orleans to Liverpool, March 24th, in lat. 32, long. '2B ; William Russell, of Liverpool, March Ist, in lat. 7. S. long. 35 ; James, Southard, from London to the Mauritius, Feb. 4th, in lat. 31, long 22.; the Burling. ton, Evans, from New Orleans to Liverpool, on the 3d ult., in lat. 2-1 t ong. 83. ; Jane Ritchie, f or N ew Orleans, on the 9th lilt., in lat. 29. long. 23. ; Ariel, bound to the eastward, on the 26th, in lat. 47. Irmg. 27.; Macassar, for London, and Mersey, from St. John's, N.B. for Liverpool, on the sth instant, in lat. 49. long. 13., by Cabatia, arrived at Liverpool.—Abbotsford, late Tucker, from Liverpool to Bombay, on the 20th Jan., in lat. G. N. long. 38. F..—Maria Louisa, and Resolutie, both from Batavia to Amsterdam, March 23d, in lat. 13. S. long. 12. NV.—ltapid, from Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, on the 2d ult.. in lat. 13. N. long. 21. W., and had been boarded by her Majesty's ships Alligator and Britomart, on the 28th of March, in tat. 14. long. 2 4.—Kellie Castle, Buchan, from London to Madras and Calcutta, on the 3d tilt., in lat. 3. long. 21., which spoke Inglis on the 29th of March, off San Antonio, and Vigi. lant, for the Mauritius, on th e 31st, in tat. 19. long. 23.—Maria, from London to Sydney, on the Gth ult., in lat. 5. long. 20 , lett the Manchester, of Liverpool, a few days.—London, Wimble, 24th ult., lat. 32, lon. 37.—Aldebcran (American ship), outward-bound, 6th inst., lat. 42, long. 23; the Henry Breta, bound to Barbadoes, 7th, lat. 47, long. 12 ; the Louise and Julia and the Elizabeth, the latter from Lisbon, both bound to Copenhagen, Bth, lat. 47, lon. 10; the Wilhel mina, Hanabt rg to St. Thomas, 9th, let. 48, lon. 9, by the Wellington, Liddell, arrived at Ply mouth. The Cleopatra, bound to Bengal, Feb. 1, tat. 8. ion. 34 ; the Emulator, from Dartmouth to Newfoundland, 28th ult, lat. 47, lon. 24. The Nora Crcena, bound to Falmouth, Bth inst., off the Lizard. The Auglista, from Copenhagen to New York, 4th ult., lat. 35, lon. 65, out 92 days, by the William, Jonson, arrived at New York.lThe Tagus, steamer, Cape Espichael, N. by E. E. 25 miles, Gth inst. ; the Iberia, steamer, off Vigo, 10th ; the barque West Indian, from Jamaica for London, Lizard N.E. 50 miles, ..3th, by the Liver pool steamer. Tin; PO - WERS 6F MEMORY AND TOUCH. Last Monday night, a truly singular display of natural capabilitico t al; place at the Argyle Rooms, in Regent .street. 'The Rabbi Ilex.,' flanemark, a Prof essor o f H e b rew and Ra bbi n i ca l Literature, front :-.tutchlin, in Poland, appeared on a small platform before an auditory' a yarently very famili ar w ith t h e H e b rew language an d literature. Ji ai•as accompanied by Professor Breslau as interpreter, who stal;ed the Rabbi's willingness to recite any portion of the Talmud which migh t ba demanded by any one amongst his auditory, who would merely state the number of the page an d li ne at wh i ch he wished him to commence. The Rabbi is a middle-sized man, n , rather slender, w ith a bail ey ' dl - ooping cast of countenance, terminated by a small sharp hea . Ills eye is dark and little seen , b ut always quick and confide nt: bi 4 yrehead retreating, ant „f bead parti cu l ar ly hi g h in the regio n ' ,- 'eneration, Firmness, Self-E s t eem, an d L ove of A ppro bation. T ac ; , arceptive organs are w e ll d eve l ope d : Order is part i cu l ar ly full, but d. ..:tnnber is mo.!erate, and, strang er sti'l, the position of the eyes , na indication of any re.narkable fullness of Language. His c os hack hair was nearly covere d b y a velvet cap. One na:— . arled lack f e ll d own on eac h s i de, and served as a substit u e tc r . vili;skers. He dcel aras hi mse lf to b e twenty. f our yea" !int looks 2d or 30. He wore a silk pelisse or surplice, which reache d is feet, fastened round his waist by a gold wrought girdle. He replieut ta the questions put by numbers of his auditory in a loud Confidei , nice, walking to and f ro on hi s littl e stage, often stopping to comma".(,, amongst his noisy a udi ence, an d th en con ti nu i ng to chaunt t' quotation with a rapidity w hi c h hi s rival professors, w h o un dertook th , e task of rea.iing, seemed scarce l y a bl e to keep pace with. Hi s rough pronunciation and voluble delivery more resembled the continuous outpouring of waters which h a d b urs t th e i r b oun d s th an anything "- ever heard. . that It would be endless to detail the queries and replies via eecurred during the examination of an hour and a 1)314 , which fully satisfied a ll p resen t t h at h e h ad t h e se ven vna l—c t, t olio of the Talmud ( no t es, t ex t , an d commentary ,) by heai ilot merely consecutively, b u t i n any order ; that he k new ontents of every line taken numerically on every page, and, in °°- !Aim the place of every wor d, i n every li ne, i n every one of its so' et, • housand pages]* The proof was that he permitted anybody to stici` pin through any number of l eaves, an d t h en f ree l y an d unerringly too 't e word punctured cm any given page ? The books used in this examination were seven volumes of the nod, of the Berlin and Frankfort edition, supplied by an individual pre ,ant desirous of testing his powers ; but, the Rabbi declared his willing ; aess to answer que s tions according to any edition that anybodY trig . - resent to him. He professes to know thus by rote the Midiva also in .hunt, 8,000 pages of Hebrew, which he can repeat in any quantity, and commencing in any place that anybody pleases. But perhaps a more s i ngu l ar capa bilit y t h an even t hi s ex traordin ar y power of memory was developed in a subsequent illustration of 1- .tabbi's powers. He reque s t e d an y p erson mere l y to i nser t his finge rs into one of the thick volum es o f th e T a l mu d , an d several tirnesa%°; .ished his assistants by i n f orm i ng th em w h a t wor d s were touch`—, ~ heir fingers in these blind and r an d om socks T a l mu di ana. The :if this notice m a d e one amongs t th ese essay i sts, and observe d that 11l labbi also inserted his fingers, and felt carefully, though marginal commentaries adjacent to the edge of the leaf, and then bor pronounced tire number of the page on the passage thus hit tiP °l ' , To sense but that of t ouc h (th a t we are aware o f) cou ld have 1,5°:, iibly aided in his divination of these still unopened pag es! veral of the spectators (who certainly did not look beneath the sn' . s; •xelaimed in astonishment at hi s surpr i s i ng powers o f s ight in Using Ale to count the leaves in a mass, off hand by their edges. " e ra ever, felt tolerably certain th a t th e exerc i se o f very susce ptible P °,„„ :',. ir r e a of feeling was the mod u s op eran di i n thi s part i cu l ar. We shou ld P era !teen happy to bear testimony t o th e correc t ness o f t h e R a bbi's P °l ' . re r st of divination in these oracul a r d o i ngs, b u t no t b e i ng verse d in 1-4 %0 literature (and equally ignorant of Chaldee, Persian, Arabic, Itit' s !,, to the only tongues which the R a bbi spo k e ) we w ere oblig rest content with the satisf ac ti on di sp l aye d b y t h e e rudite il l . u tto , luals who had taken a n ac ti ve part i n t h e exam i na tion °c rop _ ilabbi,—amongst whom were Professors Breslau an d gr• Reader to the • Western Synagogue, alb " b y no T,inde nthal, secretary to the new Synagogue. The audience wa s 7ttie naeans so numerous as mi g ht h ave b een expected from t h e na ture ° t he announcement, which, in additi on t o t h e wonders of memerY, le ht• public to expect some astonishing exhibitions of the powers of Pr o d Phis latter display was, however, confined to the rapid insPeet i° .% his estimate of the number of li nes i n any printed page presented sor, view. This operation he certainly accomplished in a quick an' t ot prisingly exact manner, guessing off hand, in perhaps half the ti ltic Dot even very ready reckoners could, to within one line in 50 or 60; d to :his perf ormance, c l ever as i t was, scarcely deserved to be menti°neone connection with the almost miracul ous re t en ti on an d precision °' mory Rabbi evinced by his repetition of the Talmud. r The declares that he possesses certificates from the EinP :e. of Russia, the King of P russ i a, th e Ki ng o f S axony, an d Prince l ' a oh e - witch, in whose presence, at War saw , it a pp ears, of his extraordinary carts of memory. The muster roll of morevi_..o 200 soldiers was called over, when h e i mme di a t e ly r epeated it for a' nd backwards, without an err o r. that he exhibited op • * A volume of the Talmud cont a i ns, on an averag e, from eig ht "' , nes tired to a thousand pages, eac h page averag i ng s i xty t o ecventi text, as many of comment, and as many of notes. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH (FRANCE). --Se L e n Ted ctitions for the abolition of th e p un i s h men t o f d ea th were P re ''' . t he t the Chamber of Deputies; in a debate that took Place on occasion, the following senti men t s were expresse d by M. de Laigamber I consider this question as one o f th e mos t i m p o rtant the felloW" can have to decide upon. We h o ld i n our h an d s th e lives of our hon est creatures, and our vote may encourage or discourage raa"Yt hearts who have signed petitio ns , no t upon mere oPini°n: bti ~,tedly Pos taneously, from a pure feeling of humanity. S oc iety un ne "" unable, by sesses the right of life and death ; and so long as it W a ' t 50f_pre other means, to accomplish the sacred duty 0 ` w heit snwation, it may have justly used that right. But Doe the object can be attained by means less terrible—wbe n w t e rm ing a Government, tribunals, and armies—may we not be P"' ° '"' for a moral duty by laying aside a right which often dishonours those wri whose protection it was established, in the eyes of the people ? UP r ma tte; t his there may be a doubt. Well, if there exist a doubt in such a is it not the duty of the legislator seriously to examine the questin n For, surely, it is an awful doubt which can only be solved after a 11 " has fallen on the scaffold. We wish for sanctions—there are te i° very distinct—one material and bloody, which heaps one corps e upon another, and only punishes crime by imitating its "' s r, aerial action ; another a moral sanction, which resolves itself into afflictive and repressive punishment—into labour, solitary confin e ' ;cent, moral and religious instruction—in a word, the penitentia ry system. And if this penitentiary system at present engages the tention of all philosophers, it is because it contains the thouglit of the preservation of society on the one hand; and, on the other:, he thought of the moralization of the guilty. Much has ben about intimidation, and the power of example; hni W . of we look to that contempt of life which is one of the sc ourges vo our time, and which shows In se many men a desire to rid thenlsci:opc of existence in the easiest way possible, how can we entertain any I, from the intimidation that the punishment of death can In eau rroi n Stand for a moment in the place of the criminal : he is a crimily"_%if two reasons only—a desire to gratify his passions, or to possess 11 ; h is of property. If his passions rule him, he is not the inside r cr oe, reason—he was a criminal before he bad committed th I Not Se: eral voices—" This is pure fatalism." M. de Lamartine --t t he fatalism at all; it is the analysis of the criminal's feelings. 14 his contrary, he be actuated by a desire to possess himself of proPer t Y' biro, lie a cold calculating motive, he knows that death awa its o d fn lie is not blind as to the consequences of his ac t ,' c o iceS yet the punishment does not intimidate him.—(SeveraZ e, ither " Because he hopes to escape.") M. de Lamartine. — " t the case, the punishment of d ea th i s not s u fficient to prevent the 7 s i t b e e r r ide o n f t 1 m 83 a 0 nlie w r a ; s .!rime. Besides the p u bli c f ee li ng i s man i fest i ng i tse lf o n all s ide „ . 6 Th e (h e an t he w p on itself)ri":„ y i o n u vit N e v d ill to un ta d i e ce rst u and it and the answgh .lative, by one of its members whom I shall ever regret not to sec wo uld smt he used to occupy, the Honourable M. de Tracy, andr‘vhilber of this day have given us the support of his eloquence. lith e " - r hainh cr 1830 did not do it, that high mission may be reserved for the yoe ure on of 1838. You will connect your names with that great M e " f i l e will send the petitions before a court of inquiry, and n t :1 ) 06 0 i Keeper of the Seals to hasten the establishment of the Pe ,ystem that has been promised tie." fOLI PLATED DINNER SERVICE, consisting o °' „, to Meat Dish Covers, four Corner Hash Dishes with four c ,"" co rn- Zit, and a small Epergne, all with silver edges, are o fferca, _,‘,_ plete, for Twenty-five Guineas, or may be had oparatvw follows : A . 0 ..£l 4 The four Meat Dish Covers The four Corner Dishes, with covers(when required s the covers can be used as ext ra di s h es ). — ........ 8 A 0 4 The small Epergne 8:" 'F. COX SAVORY, Working Goldsmith, Silversmitl), i 7, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors from Gracechurch - st re Gui N.B. The Epergnemay be had with four arms for Th reee ;leas extra. 13 111 TBS. On the 13th inst., at Warwick-road, Upper Clapton, 1-13 ct the lady of J. R. D. Tyssen, Esq., of a daughter. g o thO' On the 13th inst., at Woolmer, Ilerts, the Lady Susan of a son. J°l'n On the 15th inst., in Upper Woburn-place, the lady °I Aldridge, Esq., of a daughter. On the 13th inst., in Bernard-street, Russell- square, I ‘ l°. S. Davies of a son. On the 13th inst., in Torrington-square, Mrs. Wh itt-31er' °Ca 'aughter. MARRIED. James la On the lath inst., at St. Helen's, Bi s h o p sg ate,N-r• o f the olds, of Great St. Helen's, to Emma, eldest datigliN r !Jr. J. Gosnell, of Lombard-street --- n j On the 12th inst., in Hunter-street, aged DIED. oeCO' 18, Of laughter of J. A. Rucker, Esq. Vsq• r On the 11th inst., at Tonbrid e Wells, John BarelaYt g it , Stoke Newington, aged 42. nthe°' On the 10th inst., in Old Bond-street, Mr. George - his 80th year. n 'e f',, cl4 On the 9th inst., at Camberwell, aged 83, James '- osc s i e ' rvie - ' f nearly sixty years a Commander in her Majesty's revenu e Widow' ° On the 9th inst., at the llay So tl Wales,ll y A"' w ~ o 1 1 ar captain R. Norman. Esq° . In C;A:rges-street, on the 13th inst., Zachary 111acaulaP .n hi 71st year. t of t" A nn , relic On the 10th inst., at Crosby-row, Walworth, late Lieut. J. Neale, R.N., Corr 59. ,_„,rovir On the 10th inst., Williamell, Esq., of Upper Cho 5 ' Chelsea, aged 75. . On the 7th inst., at Winstead House, Robert Thornton..arjf, Eliza, the formerly Lieut.-Colonel of the Ist Regiment of Grenadier loot On the 9th inst., in Bridge-road, LI b 1 aged 5 5 9 .1 - uetl, Cooke, Esq. et r (f On the 19th ult., aged 18, Ha rr i e tt Susan, youngest clangl' he Rev. H. G. Liddell, Rector of Easington, Durham. clerk' On the Bth inst., Mr. Tho s . D ugar d, o f Red Lion - str eet, enwell, aged 51. On the 4th inst., in Bow-road, Middlesex, Miss Susannab.Th°lll‘ ,on, aged 48. betho re ' .On the sth inst., in Little Trinity-lane, aged 64, Eliza- n tiv !!ct of Captain G. C. Pulling, R.N., of St. Aryans, . 31 ' ntn° shire. On the 4th inst., Mrs. Smith, of the Grange, Bermondses.ooo, On the 10th inst., at Pantsaison, near Cardigan, Mrs' o b.. rcliet of C o l one l J ames , an d e ld es t d a ughter of the la te J. ' titan, Esq., of The Nunnery, Isle of Man. Esq'' On the 12th i ns t., at Clapham-common, Edward Dolman) ,i' Clifford's 12th instnn, aged 53. re lict of On the ~ at Edmonton, aged 75, Mrs. J ordan, .'ilr. J. Jordan, late of Stamford. Chr .ls° On the 13th inst., in Enston-square, Mary, wife of Jornes Inas Fry, Etm. of Or. Til p a rts _... r t o l g te m l o O r t t l o t n it_i s s t t ;e , e a t t Upper Ciapton, Frances, wife of Mr. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , 0! jlllt, 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand , in the C°" of Middlesex.—Thursday, May 17, 1838.